Present perfect tense shows an action or condition that began in the past and continues into the present. Present Perfect

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Lesson
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Perfect Tenses
Teaching
Name
Date
CHAPTER 4
Tense
Singular
Plural
Present Perfect
I have called
we have called
has or have + past participle
you have called
you have called
he, she, it has called
they have called
Past Perfect 
I had called
we had called
had + past participle
you had called
you had called
he, she, it had called
they had called
Future Perfect 
I will have called
we will have called
will + have + past participle
you will have called
you will have called
he, she, it will have called
they will have called

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A. Recognizing the Perfect Tenses
Underline the verb in each sentence. On the blank, write the tense of the verb.
1.
Olga had figured out the answer before her teacher’s explanation. _______________________
2.
I have walked every day now for a month. 
_______________________
3.
Vickie had liked Nels until their argument. 
_______________________
4.
Alf will have jogged 70 miles by the end of next week. 
_______________________
5.
By lunch time, Rusty had started cooking dinner. 
_______________________
6.
Ira has practiced piano every day for a week. 
_______________________
7.
At this rate, we will not have finished the 30 chapters by June. _______________________
8.
Our HMO has added a number of new physicians to the staff. _______________________
9.
The ice on the lake will have melted long before the weekend. _______________________
10.
The window had cracked before the wind storm.
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